Author Archives: Rob Sussman
Door County GOP Headquarters Damaged by Vandals
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Republican Party of Door County had their headquarters vandalized over the weekend. Vandals spray painted "Black Lives Matter" and anti-Trump slogans on the side of...
Aug 31, 2020 Volunteers clean up vandalism at the Door County GOP Headquarters on August 30th, 2020 (Fox 11 Online)
Boettcher Admitted to Mental Hospital for Killing Mother
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Bradley Boettcher was committed Thursday to a state psychiatric hospital after being convicted of killing his mother, but then was declared not guilty by reason of mental di...
Aug 28, 2020 Bradley Boettcher appears in Outagamie County court via video conference, May 14, 2020. (Fox 11 Online)
Hikers Flock to Ice Age Trail
MARATHON COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Hikers have been flocking to Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail. The trail has gotten more attention in recent years, and as people seek outdoor activities due to COVID-19, t...
Aug 28, 2020 Justin Smith on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail in Marathon County, August 27, 2020 (Fox 11 Online)
Green Bay Alder Criticizes Kenosha Response
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Green Bay City Alderman is critical of the response to unrest this week in Kenosha. On Facebook, Alder Chris Wery wrote; "This has to stop. If this vile destruction cree...
Aug 28, 2020
Kenosha Police Arrest Nine Out-of-State Residents Believed to Have Been Planning More Violence
KENOSHA, WI (WTAQ) -- Kenosha Police say they're arrested a number of out-of-state residents they believe were preparing to create more violence in the city. Nine people were arrested on disorderly co...
Aug 28, 2020
Other Officers Who Responded to Jacob Blake Police Call Identified
KENOSHA, WI (WTAQ) -- The other two police officers present when Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey shot 29-year-old Jacob Blake in the back seven times during a Sunday incident have been identifie...
Aug 28, 2020 Jacob Blake
Packers Call Off Thursday Practice
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) -- The Green Bay Packers are canceling practice today, in an apparent reaction to Sunday's shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. They join seven other teams in doing so. Last nigh...
Aug 27, 2020 Ray Nitschke Field (WTAQ/Rob Sussman)
AG Kaul Names Kenosha Officer, says Blake had Knife
KENOSHA, WI (WTAQ) -- Jacob Blake had a knife during the incident in which a Kenosha Police officer shot him on Sunday. Whether that knife was on his person or in his car remains the question, one tha...
Aug 27, 2020 Jacob Blake
Law Enforcement, Protesters from Northeast Wisconsin Travel to Kenosha
KENOSHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Activists and Law Enforcement alike from Northeast Wisconsin are in Kenosha this week. That city was gripped by three nights of violence this week after the police shooting ...
Aug 27, 2020
Congressman Gallagher Reacts to Police Shooting in Kenosha
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- 8th District Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher is reacting to the shooting of a black man in Kenosha. "I have yet to meet a legislator or even a police officer or law ...
Aug 27, 2020 Congressman Mike Gallagher wears a mask while speaking with reporters during a press conference at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport. (PHOTO/WTAQ News)
